English food revisited

[tonks_op]

> Geoff:
> Ah, if it says treacle *pudding*, then it is a prepared pudding. Are there instructions on the can? You would heat it, probably in a microwave. 
> 
> Serve it with custard or cream (single or whipped).


Tonks:
Whipped cream I understand. Ah... is there a translator in the house... I am having a flashback... wasn't there a discussion before about what "custard" is? And what does 'single' mean?

Geoff's advise to Potioncat:
Take a long deep breath, go and make some hot chocolate and
Marmite soldiers.

Tonks:
From the sound of Marmite, why, I ask, would a child eat them? And WITH hot chocolate??  Something sounds not quite right there. Maybe I should try it. But I don't understand why the main ingredient in anything would be yeast? And veggies? Uck.  But then I do like the stuff from the Middle East that is ground brown olives, on rye bread. If I get past the idea that everything on bread should be sweet, I might be OK. But yeast??? 

Custard is a milky pudding, not like the treacle type of 'pudding'. What is custard over the pond?

Maybe we should all have a party one night and bring something from each of our areas... I really like that chess pie they have down south. Can't think of what is exclusive to my area. But then I can't cook either...  Seems like that is how I started this conversation.

Tonks_op
recovering from a bad night at a smoke filled casino. Cough, cough.. Not going there again.